Former president Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigeria needs a president who understands economics. Obasanjo said this on Tuesday at the Foursquare Gospel Church annual public lecture in...
Senate President Bukola Saraki says the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chaiurman, Adams Oshimhole, has plunged the party into a civil war. He said as a...
Just as he promised, the Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has gone ahead to slam a N20 billion suit on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
Barring any last minute postponement, the National Assembly will resume today (Tuesday) after a long recess, and two previous postponements. The parliament which went on recess...
Frustrated by his disqualification from the senatorial race of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Suleiman Abba, former Inspector-General of Police, resorted to seeking divine help. Abba...
MTN shares rose this morning (Monday) by 2.55 percent on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said it may reduce...
President Muhammadu Buhari has denied the claim by Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in a memo purportedly written by him, that he directed that recall processes...
Former Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku has emerged the winner of the Presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) #PDPpresidentialPrimaries held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State....
Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State, has made a shocking revelation that President Muhammadu Buhari directed him to initiate the process to recall Shehu Sani, the...
By Omoshola Deji…. Nigeria’s main opposition political party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lost power to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015, after ruling...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to deny MTN Group an injunction that would stop the telecommunication...
Some All Progressives Congress (APC) governors have met with the chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, at his campaign office in Abuja. The governors had earlier...
It was on Friday evening and I was just making plans on how best I could maximise the weekend when the news broke that the Central...
President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday, is said to have spoken with Mrs Rebecca Sharibu, mother of the Dapchi Secondary schoolgirl, Leah, who had been kidnapped by Boko...
The Clement Ebri-led National Working Committee (NWC) panel that supervised the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries for Lagos has made a U-turn on its earlier...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday prayed the Federal High Court in Lagos to quash an application seeking to have the Minister of...
Despite announcement of cancellation of Tuesday’s All Progressives Congress (APC) Lagos governorship primary by the election committee sent by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the...
A lot of controversies are trailing the governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the National Working Committee panel stated that the primaries were...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday described Nigeria as a great country, saying that God made no mistake creating it. The president stated this when he received...
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration has put an end to the age-long practice of shady oil deals and non-implementation of public contracts in the country....
Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has made ugly revelation about his opponent Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship...
Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the All Progressives Congress (APC) did not offer money to Iyiola Omisore, candidate of the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked those who describe him as “Baba Go Slow” to explain what those faster than him were able to achieve with their...
Leaders of different ethnic nationalities in the country, under the aegis of Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), and Middle...
The missions of the United States, European Union and the United Kingdom, who were on the ground to monitor the Osun State governorship run-off election held...
After a long day of high drama, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Isiaka Oyetola, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the result of the governorship election rerun in Osun State, describing it as the greatest robbery ever witnessed in...
By Omoshola Deji…. Osun State is presently Nigeria’s political fireworks capital. The incumbent All Progressives Congress (APC) and the winning People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are in...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has denied approving the pact that Iyiola Omisore, its candidate in the Osun State governorship election, entered with the All Progressives...
Politics is no doubt an interesting game! And as they say, in politics, there are no permanent friends but permanent interests. This game of interest is...
Since 1999 when Nigeria returned to democratic rule, elections at all levels, have been marred with electoral irregularities – violence and ballot box snatching. Now, the...
Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, has reacted to reports that she ordered the arrest of her aide over N2.5 billion donations-related fraud. The Office...
The alleged case of fraud said to be rocking the office of the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has taken a new dimension as the First Lady,...
In spite of the reversal in downward inflationary trend and slowing economic growth in the country, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of...
In what has remained a curious move, the Federal Government, on Monday, ordered the recall of the second tranche of the London and Paris Club Refunds...
A coalition has written to António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, to strip former President Olusegun Obasanjo of all ties with the UN, including his recent nomination...
Fifteen years after the defunct Nigeria Airways Limited stopped operations in the country, the Federal Government has approved the sum of N22.68 billion for the payment...
A presidential hopeful of one of the newly registered parties, African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has vowed to fire every General in the Nigerian Army...
President Muhammadu Buhari is considering presidential pardon for late Professor Ambrose Alli, former Governor of Bendel State (now Edo and Delta States), according to Edo Governor,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Osun State governorship election held on Saturday as inconclusive. The presiding officer, Joseph Areola Afuape while declaring...
Anxiety as all eyes on Osogbo LG to determine winner There is anxiety in Osun State over who becomes the next governor of the state between...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the operating license of Skye Bank. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, and the Managing Director of the Nigeria...
OSUN 2018 GOV ELECTION: Foretelling the outcome By Omoshola Deji…. Osun is topping the headlines as the governorship race hits top gear.The ruling party is striving...
Barely days after the resignation of former minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun, over forgery of the exemption certificate of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), another...
A former governor of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Makarfi has said northerners are not comfortable with restructuring because those speaking on it are not sincere. Makarfi,...
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has alleged that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal government is planning to cause chaos in the state ahead of the...
Apparently jolted by the backlash, President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly ordered the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, to halt the invitation of the Osun governorship...
The claim by some people that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Osun State governorship election, Ademola Adeleke, forged his West African...
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government claims it has moved over 10 million Nigerians out of poverty into prosperity. This is despite the recent ranking of...
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has raised the alarm over an alleged plot by President Muhammadu Buhari to effect a “violent change” of the...
